A Few Printable Coupons For You!

 $1.00 off Any Coppertone Suncare Product
Save $1.00 on any Copperton Suncare Product with this printable coupon! Just in time for summer!

$4.00 Off Any Claritin Product
Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? Save $4.00 off any Claritin Product to help ease the symptoms.

$2.00 Off any Dippity Do Sport Pro Styling Gel
Craving the latest funky do? Get the look and save $2.00 with this printable coupon!

It's Almost Time

The big day is finally almost here!

I've been collecting coupons for about a month now, give or take.

This week will be the first weekly grocery shop that I will do, by myself, with my coupons. I'm waiting until Thursday for the flyers, I have a spreadsheet ready to calculate my total before I even step foot into the grocery store, and I have a menu ready for the week.

Now, all I need is payday to come!

Today was a fantastic mail day, too. I received 6 evelopes of coupons, most of them very useful for me, some of them good for trades. In fact, I have an entire binder full now. I'm going to be making up a list of coupons available for trade to post here hopefully sometime this week.

I'm very excited about this upcoming shopping trip. Generally, groceries cost us about $300-350 every two weeks, so about $175/week. My goal is to come out of the grocery store on Friday with enough food and snacks for the week, for no more than $150. It's not a great savings, but it's a start. If I can do better, then I'll be over the moon happy.

Ultimately, I want to get our groceries down to around $100/week or less. That way, we have some extra left over for bills or the $6000 braces we just found out our son needs. Yikes!

So, wish me luck! I'll defintely be back with my total one week shopping bill, whether the news is good or bad. I'm hoping good! :)

A Couple Of Good Finds For You

I have two great finds to share with you this morning!

First, who doesn't love Taco's? I know they're a big favourite in our house. :) Well, here is a $1.00 off Old El Paso Smart Fiesta kits!

Just click on the pic to print off your coupon!

And, second, another $1.00 off coupon, this time for Dippity-Do-Sport Pro Styling Gel. Click here to print your coupon. It expires Dec. 31, 2011.

Finally, this is my favourite of all the deals I've found this morning. I love shopping at Old Navy and this deal from Groupon is just fantastic!

$10 for $20 from Old Navy! That's a 50% savings just in time for hot summer weather. I love this one! Just click the picture below to purchase your coupon. It's only available for a limited time, so don't wait on this one!

That's it for right now, but I'll bet I'll be back later today with more. :)

Coupon Policies For Popular Canadian Stores

Whether you are new to couponing or a bit of an old hand at it, one thing you absolutely must know is each store's coupon policy. There is nothing worse that getting to the cash and finding out you can't use those precious coupons that you brought with you.

Another issue that a lot of people run into are cashiers who don't know or haven't been trained in, their companies policy.

I highly suggest that you download and print off each of these files, then put them into your binder. They will help you and the cashiers when there is confusion over a policy. You can educate yourself on each store, and if there is an issue, you have proof with you that you're following correct procedures.

Here is a list of the policies I have on hand so far. Like I said, print these off and take them with you whenever you go shopping. These are like gold! :)

Canadian Tire Coupon Policy - pdf file
Loblaws Coupon Policy - pdf file
London Drugs Coupon Policy - pdf file
Safeway Coupon Policy - pdf file
Save on Foods Stacking Policy - pdf file
Shoppers Drug Mart Coupon Policy - pdf file 
Walmart Coupon Policy - pdf file
Zellers Coupon Policy - pdf file

Good luck with your grocery shopping and couponing! With these in your possession you will always know exactly what you're doing wherever you're shopping.

Saving Like Crazy!

Oh boy do I love couponing! I saved $10.75 last night with one trip into town.

Arm and Hammer laundry detergant is on sale at Giant Tiger for $2.48. I had a coupon for $.75 off, which made the total purchase $1.73 for 35 loads!! That works out to a grand total of $.05/load!

If you don't have the coupon already, go to Save.ca and you can have your very own sent right to you house. Mind you the sale at GT will be over by then, but if you hold onto the coupon until the next sale, you'll be able to get it for a great price too.

While I was at Giant Tiger, I also redeemd a $5.00 off cloths coupon. If you go to GiantTiger.ca and sign up for their enewsletter, you will get one sent right to your inbox. Print it off and head to your local GT, buy clothes for a minimum purchase of $15 and you get $5 off! So, one trip to GT saved me $5.75!

Then, it was off to WalMart, where I redeemed a coupon for $5 off a Schick Intuition razor. They were on sale for $7.00 which let me walk out of the store with a razor and one refill for only $2.00!

I did some tear pad hunting and found $2.00 off Advil pads at Shoppers Drug Mart. They are redeemable on the large size, 100's and up. Combine those with the $2.00 off printable coupons I have and now they are $4.00 off! Woo hoo!!

So, all in all, another great couponing day!

Who Knew?

So, I started watching that new show Extreme Couponing. I'm sure you know the one I'm talking about. The show where a family goes into a grocery store and walks out with $1500 worth of groceries for $5?

So, I figured, why not? I mean, cutting out coupons and researching deals doesn't actually cost me anything, so why not give it a try? The most I will be out is a bit of my time, which in the end isn't really all that valuable. :)

Well, in the space of two shops and less than a week, I've already saved $76! Holy crow, who knew??

Since I'm in Canada, it's a bit more difficult to find the great deals than it is in the States. But, with some hard work and a bit of effort, it can be done. I'm not likely to ever see the savings that these people on Extreme Couponing get (although, as with every show, I'm sure that these giant savings aren't exactly the norm for them), but if I can even save the family $50 per shop, that's $1300 per year. And my goal is much more than that.

Our bi-weekly shopping bill is about $350 for a family of 4. My ultimate goal, using coupons, is to get that down to around $100, which would be $50/week. I know it won't happen overnight, it's going to take time and work, but that is what I want to do.

Like most, the recession has hurt us financially. I have tried many ways to make money while being a SAHM, but nothing is working. So, I'm refocusing my energies on saving money, rather than making it. So far, in one week, I've saved us more money than I made last month. Crazy, right?

So, would you like to join me on my journey? You can be here with me during the ups and the downs, the great finds and the fabulous fails.

I'm also going to be sharing my daily coupon finds with all of you, so that's a good reason right there to stick around!

If nothing else, this will be fun. Hopefully I'll be able to pass along some wisdom for all of you, and you to me. :)

So, lets start the Happy Coupon Dance!